Why I Keep Running My 300k+ V70 D5 - Another Disaster Narrowly Escaped!

[@Softlad92]

This has informed my buying decision to buy a dark blue beauty with 200k+ pretty much fsh and use it for 1000* miles a month, this channels awesome

[@reinisbauska]

Metric units here. Tolly! I have the same D5 on my 2005 XC70 (~220k km). Unfortunately I experienced that accident which you we're afraid of. I saw that crankshafts pulley's outer part flying and rolling in the air next to my driver's window while driving around 110 km/h on the highway. I immediately switched off the engine and drove offside. WARNING! ⚠️ Do not take out the key in a moving car otherwise you will block steering. The aux belt had major damage (2 teeth were eaten off), but luckily it still stayed on. I guess it was a miracle & fast reaction time which saved the timing belt therefore the engine. Had to tow the car, change the pulley and aux belt. From my experience and gathered info I would recommend to change crankshafts pulley every 200k. I hope I had correct ODO (190k) when bought the car. Correct me if necessary.

[@IAMASPANNER]

Lucky escape there for you too even after the failure. If I had ignored my belt squealing I’d have been on the motorway moments later! As mine had already been changed I can’t be sure when it was changed. I did the timing belt at 300k which was well overdue, it’d already been done twice. I think knowing what I know now I’d change the dampener every second belt change or every change if it’s been 5 years which could be more the issue with mine. All my distances in miles, I think the timing belt interval is 90k and I know that 310,685 miles is 500,000 kilometres.

[@giovannibez9509]

Thanks for the video, it's interesting. As soon as i graduate i will buy one of these and drive all over Europe

[@IAMASPANNER]

Sounds like a plan! Already on 324k now, just done Germany for the first time too 😁

[@drivelife.channel]

Had my belt fail on my Twin Turbo D5 S80 earlier this year, was due to drive to the Arctic circle 4 days later. Fortunately I turned the car off before it got pulled into the timing belt (it had made its way up inside the cover) Managed to fix the belt and drive to the Arctic circle and back, 5,000 miles, lowest temperature was -36 degrees! The car ran better than it ever had. Volvo forever!

[@IAMASPANNER]

Did it fail due to age or just unlucky? Those later D5s do seem to have their issues. A friend of mine had the same happen on a 2010 and it did find its way into the timing belt and pulled the idle pulley straight out of the block. Congrats on the Arctic journey, I’d love to do that. I’ve just done Germany at around 2,000 miles 👍

[@pwood5733]

I have two. A 2003 v70 d5 and a 2004 v70 d5 a manual one and an auto one. Just lovely cars

[@IAMASPANNER]

Very smart, you’ll never need to buy another car. I just picked another up with 171k and I remember why I bought this one. They drive great!

[@ComeJesusChrist]

Nice plate!

[@AndrewNeilBaird]

Good video , one other hidden horror thing on these is the rear brake pipes where they connect to the rear Flexi hoses. Road salt muck gathers and cakes around the bracket the pipe union nut and spring clip , and the pipe can break there if impacted by stones or wobbled when changing the Flexi. Fortunately the pipe has a union beside where the rear hanger for the exhaust centre section is so the parts you have to change are not overly long . (Unlike this blurb) Cheers Andy .

[@IAMASPANNER]

Cheers for the info Andy, I’ll take a look at mine. Just got a donor car as well so I’ll be sorted for a while whatever happens.

[@gavinstirling7088]

@@IAMASPANNER I have a door car and already used some parts for the in-use car.. now I want to try and get the donor car back on the road, as per my above comments :)

[@gavinstirling7088]

I have 2 XC90's with the D5 engine. Bought the second one to replace the older one with a faulty TF80-SC valve body but it's such a good car I'm currently trying to get it back on the road too. Thanks for this info regarding the pulleys. Timing belt and idler pulleys are a job on my list for the near future... not looking forward to it!

[@IAMASPANNER]

Are you sorting the valve block on the first one?

[@gavinstirling7088]

@@IAMASPANNER Yes, hopefully. I bought a Transco valve body modification kit from the US and have carried out the modifications to the body. It may or may not fix the issues, need to get it out on the road with a warmed up gearbox. Problem being that I can only legally drive it to an MOT station (with insurance in place) as I don't have trade plates. One of the problems us DIY mechanics face in these cases.

[@IAMASPANNER]

@@gavinstirling7088 absolutely, I have the same problem too really, I don’t have trade plates however I do have trade insurance. I hope you get it sorted, I’ve always wanted to do one. I actually lost a C30 to a gearbox fault.

[@dg115]

Machine polished my v70 today came up great in the metallic red.

[@scotty6346]

My Euro 3 D5 has just clocked 242K miles, Time to check the crank pulley damper!

[@grzejnikMilosz]

440+ K on mine, and still buzzing like a bumble bee. One of the essential repairs/maintenance was replacing the dual mass flywheel (after 300K), which made this engine like new again

[@IAMASPANNER]

Just about to do mine along with swapping the gearbox from 5 speed to 6 speed. Actually I’m using the flywheel from the donor car as whether it’s original or not on the 171k donor car it’s in very good condition.

[@IAMASPANNER]

Kudos on the mileage too, I’d love to see 500k on mine. People gasp at my mileage and I still think it’s pretty low for a D5 😂

[@grzejnikMilosz]

6 Speed gear, great idea. Hate overreaching 3k rpm with my 5 only

[@TekkenBones]

I would say the reason the original pulley is so expensive is because it is built to last.... I have 440,000 miles on mine and the pulley (as far as I can see is still original). If i need a replacement, I will replace with a low mileage used Volvo part!

[@IAMASPANNER]

Mine didn’t appear to be original so you may be right, that would be very impressive if it is the original one.

[@seansco1]

Cheers, just about to do the timing kit on my xc70 2005 d5. I will be changing this too now along with the aux belt.

[@IAMASPANNER]

Glad to hear it, what sort of mileage are you on? Good luck with the job!

[@pictureperfect7547]

great video

[@archiemorley45]

That's a very close call, reminds me I need to change my aux belt on my v70, it's from 2007 and has almost 70k on it. Didn't do it when I did the timing belt

[@steveprentice4513]

They are brilliant cars, and mine has just hit 240,000, and mine until I die.

[@IAMASPANNER]

Congrats, hope it lasts forever!

[@linus.2610]

I've had the exact same problem at 570k and my aux-belt actually flew off while on the motorway. Turns out these pulleys are not made to last an eternity, unlike the rest of the engine

[@IAMASPANNER]

570k miles? That’s amazing mileage on the original one, I think mine had already been replaced as well.

[@GentilsGarage]

Good to know. Not sure how long these last as I’m not sure if mine was ever replaced

[@IAMASPANNER]

Pretty sure yours will have been done, maximum mileage mine could have done is 230k so I think yours would’ve gone by now.

[@GentilsGarage]

@@IAMASPANNER yes, that’s a good point.

[@cbv8]

That's quite worrying😳 hopefully my D5 has a few miles before I need to worry @125k 🤔

[@IAMASPANNER]

It could be perished due to age though? Mine will have been over 10 years old I’m sure.

[@mabskha7917]

hmmm I think I'll have to check my one now. Do you have a link on where you go the pulley from?

[@IAMASPANNER]

@@mabskha7917 I bought it from my local auto factors which is GSF, you can try Euro car parts or other local auto parts suppliers.

[@InfectusGuy]

Could be age related rather than mileage because mines on 160k and i accidentally spotted the crank pulley wobbling the other day. It was coming apart and would have ended up like yours before long!

[@IAMASPANNER]

Mine might have been on its second one for all I know but yes I agree age would certainly do it too.

[@ramend9976]

another part to look at changing soon for me then, although my current issue is getting new ball joints installed (any tips greatly appreciated) , F.Y.I if you didn't already know and don't mind imported parts polar-parts is the my go to supplier, some what half the price of parts here in the uk.

[@IAMASPANNER]

Ball joints aren’t the best of fun but if you check my videos I do them along with bottom arms. Make sure you have a ratchet strap to pull the bottom arms down.

[@ramend9976]

I did check out the video, problem was the joint wouldn’t go in flush but got in eventually, didn’t need a strap for arms as on coilovers so just dropped joint in first then bolt back up the strut.

[@IAMASPANNER]

@@ramend9976 a very good excuse to fit coil overs there!

[@aaron___6014]

Do the older D5's have a DPF?

[@kousarjaved3267]

volvo d5 d5244t is the best engine ever I don't rate the latter model 185 has a lot of issues like swirl flaps and egr and dpf I have volvo v70 d5 170k running so beautiful very smoothly

[@IAMASPANNER]

I’ve just bought a donor 2006 for parts for this car and that has a DPF fault at 171k, you don’t see the later engines with good mileage on as often as the early engines.

[@MegaVinny73]

What's the swirl flaps issues on these? Not plastic are they!? I'm close to parting with a few quid on a 2010 170k miler d5, fully serviced, cambelt and aux belt just done. But don't want a heap of trouble if they are no good...

[@MementoMori-xx5qo]

Hi mate maybe you can help. I have A D5 S60. The steering is wandering on dual carriageways/motorways, when I brake it pulls to one side (partially due to imbalanced brakes). With potholes around town the steering seems to fall/steer towards these potholes. Two different mechanics both said it seems to be control arms. They replaced the passenger side lower control arm, barely any difference. It was suggested its probably the subframe bushes. I assume these have never been changed. It also seems to be easy enough to do at home just parked on the road outside. Is it a safe bet to say its the bushes, and if so, should I replace them, or just fit the polyurethane inserts instead?

[@gavinstirling7088]

I sheared off one of the sub frame bolts on my XC90 and it's been a huge pain to drill it out. I'm going to have to fit a much longer bolt with a locknut on the end. Just be aware that the sub frame bolts have a habit of being corroded in place, especially the nearside front (UK spec) as the salt water gets trapped in the fixing. Unfortunately you need to remove the bolt whatever you decide to install. Perhaps you could thoroughly clean the area then apply a light smear of grease, to try and see how much movement there is after driving a few miles?

[@IAMASPANNER]

I really want to change mine but I’m always in a rush when working on this car as it’s my daily. I doubt mine have been replaced though and I don’t have wandering steering. Have you had 4 wheel alignment done? One thing my car does do is steer when braking hard and I put that down to having a new shock absorber on one side and not the other (due to budget at the time of failure), you should change both sides at the same time. Depending on mileage you could also have a dead spot in the steering rack which is what caused me some play in the steering before.

[@MementoMori-xx5qo]

@@IAMASPANNER Yup, turns out I have a knackered steering rack AND column. I dread to think of the cost haha

[@IAMASPANNER]

@@MementoMori-xx5qo column shouldn’t be knackered as well, what’s up with it?

[@MichaelWilliams-lo3ix]

Wow

[@johnwhitmire4966]

Mine has 433k and its still fine. Its from 2001 d5

[@IAMASPANNER]

That’s awesome John, hope to catch you up one day, keep it going forever!

[@jamesfin6039]

There is a big chance that the car has even more miles ..

[@IAMASPANNER]

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